SC - Venetian Supremacy

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/18/99 6:36:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rkappler at home.com writes:

<< In fact, it
 makes quite a point of saying that _everything_ (spice wise) that went to
 Venice came through Cairo and Alexandria.  This is incorrect, IMO,  >>

Then site your references. I have seen NONE other than your own opinions on 
the matter, which opinions cover a minuscule part of time.

The study of trade and commerce is a vast area and comparing some minor 
dynasty that ruled for an insignificant length of time and who really had 
little influence on anyone but their immediate neighbors to the civilization 
centers of the world is a little absurd, IMO. During the 1000 years of the 
period covered by the SCA the Middle East was a commanding influence on many 
aspects of culture. Insisting that I present all of the written works and 
scientific papers dealing with their influence in trade or any other area is 
blatantly unfair and I will have no further part in this discussion other 
than forwarding the references that are posted to me as noted below. This 
list is an inappropriate forum for such a protracted debate, IMO.

I have presented more than ample written references to support my side of 
either argument which you seem to think is independent of each other. Unless 
I receive further references from the professors in Germany and the US that 
sent me the last ones I shared (and apparently you have not had the time to 
check out yet), I will no longer be posting on this subject. The evidence is 
there. Read it.

Yours in Service to the Dream and the Kingdom of Aethelmearc,
al-Sayyid A'Aql ibn Rashid al-Zib, AoA, OSyc, OKey, His Majesty's Tailor
Apprentice to Master Huen
Guildmaster (the Guild of St. Martha)
Web Minister (the Shire of Abhain Ciach Ghlais)
Kingdom of Aethelmearc
Shire of Abhainn Ciach Ghlais
Mountain Confederation 
Clan Ravenstar
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